The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately enough, in the family mausoleum. The pathologist notes that he was the victim of a frenzied attack but the lack of blood at scene leaves the police to conclude that he murdered elsewhere. Sir Julius was a candidate to become the Master of an Oxford college and was known to have a have had a bitter rivalry with another candidate for the position. When Roger Meadows, a friend of the Hanbury's au pair, is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered. Jealousy, revenge and greed all play part in the deaths.
西元814年歐洲中古時(shí)代，德國(guó)戶平凡家庭。因當(dāng)時(shí)女性飽受社的歧視與種種限，約翰娜（喬?沃卡萊克 Johanna Wokalek飾）從小就在教士父親重輕女的觀念下長(zhǎng)。雖然父親反對(duì)但聰慧好學(xué)的約娜還是得到了希教士的精心教導(dǎo)掌握了拉丁文和臘文。約翰娜漸長(zhǎng)大，并與格羅德伯爵（大衛(wèi)·翰 David Wenham飾）相愛。不久戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)發(fā)，格羅爾德奔前線。死里逃生約翰娜在逃亡中借著過人的膽識(shí)智慧，女扮男裝替早逝的哥哥進(jìn)修道院，并在那行醫(yī)救治窮人。快，約漢娜以高的醫(yī)術(shù)獲得教皇信任，卻隨即卷了政治宗教的危漩渦之中。在一串政治權(quán)力的斗中，約翰娜終于上教廷的最高位，成為萬眾景仰一代教皇。她隱女性身份統(tǒng)治天教會(huì)長(zhǎng)達(dá)兩年之，直到因熱戀懷而被斗爭(zhēng)下臺(tái)。 由德國(guó)知名導(dǎo)演克·沃特曼執(zhí)導(dǎo)影片《女教皇》改編自唐娜·伍·柯羅思暢銷全的同名小說。本以融合性別與宗的筆觸，讓這段封一千一百多年心動(dòng)魄、撲朔迷的教皇懸案呈現(xiàn)觀眾眼前?
